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Micah 7:7–8

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Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
¶ Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
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From verse 7

  1. Lamentations 3:25–26Rank 1 from verse 7
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    25The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

    26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

  2. Psalms 37:7Rank 2 from verse 7
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    7Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

  3. 1 John 5:14–15Rank 3 from verse 7
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    14And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

    15And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

  4. Isaiah 45:22Rank 4 from verse 7
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    22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

  5. Isaiah 25:9Rank 5 from verse 7
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    9¶ And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

  6. Psalms 27:12–14Rank 6 from verse 7
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    12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

    13I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

    14Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

  7. Psalms 34:5–6Rank 7 from verse 7
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    5They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

    6This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

  8. Psalms 40:1–3Rank 8 from verse 7
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    1I WAITED patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

    2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

    3And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

  9. Psalms 55:16–17Rank 9 from verse 7
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    16As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.

    17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

  10. Habakkuk 3:17–19Rank 10 from verse 7
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    17¶ Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

    18Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

    19The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

  11. Psalms 130:5Rank 11 from verse 7
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    5I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

  12. Psalms 25:5Rank 12 from verse 7
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    5Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

  13. Psalms 38:15Rank 13 from verse 7
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    15For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

  14. Genesis 49:18Rank 14 from verse 7
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    18I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.

  15. Psalms 109:4Rank 15 from verse 7
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    4For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

  16. Psalms 65:2Rank 16 from verse 7
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    2O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

  17. Isaiah 12:2Rank 17 from verse 7
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    2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

  18. Psalms 62:1–8Rank 18 from verse 7
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    1TRULY my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

    2He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

    3How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

    4They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

    5My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

    6He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

    7In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

    8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

  19. Psalms 142:4–5Rank 19 from verse 7
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    4I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

    5I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

  20. Isaiah 8:17Rank 20 from verse 7
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    17And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

  21. Luke 2:25–32Rank 21 from verse 7
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    25And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

    26And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

    27And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

    28Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

    29Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

    30For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

    31Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

    32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

  22. Psalms 4:2–3Rank 22 from verse 7
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    2O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

    3But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him.

  23. Psalms 50:15Rank 23 from verse 7
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    15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

  24. Luke 6:11–12Rank 24 from verse 7
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    11And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.

    12And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

From verse 8

  1. John 8:12Rank 1 from verse 8
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    12¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  2. Psalms 27:1Rank 2 from verse 8
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    1THE Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

  3. Isaiah 9:2Rank 3 from verse 8
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    2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

  4. Psalms 112:4Rank 4 from verse 8
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    4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

  5. Proverbs 24:16–18Rank 5 from verse 8
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    16For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

    17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

    18Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  6. Psalms 107:10–15Rank 6 from verse 8
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    10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

    11Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

    12Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.

    13Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

    14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

    15Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

  7. Obadiah 1:12Rank 7 from verse 8
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    12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

  8. 2 Corinthians 4:6Rank 8 from verse 8
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    6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  9. Psalms 38:16Rank 9 from verse 8
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    16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

  10. Psalms 41:10–12Rank 10 from verse 8
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    10But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

    11By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

    12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

  11. Psalms 84:11Rank 11 from verse 8
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    11For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

  12. Psalms 97:11Rank 12 from verse 8
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    11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

  13. Job 31:29Rank 13 from verse 8
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    29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

  14. Revelation 22:5Rank 14 from verse 8
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    5And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

  15. Isaiah 60:1–3Rank 15 from verse 8
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    1ARISE, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

    2For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

    3And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

  16. Ezekiel 35:15Rank 16 from verse 8
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    15As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

  17. Micah 7:10Rank 17 from verse 8
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    10Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

  18. Psalms 35:19Rank 18 from verse 8
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    19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

  19. Ezekiel 25:6Rank 19 from verse 8
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    6For thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;

  20. John 16:20Rank 20 from verse 8
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    20Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

  21. Malachi 4:2Rank 21 from verse 8
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    2¶ But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

  22. Acts 26:18Rank 22 from verse 8
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    18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

  23. Psalms 13:4–6Rank 23 from verse 8
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    4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

    5But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

    6I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

  24. Psalms 35:24–26Rank 24 from verse 8
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    24Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

    25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

    26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

  25. Amos 9:11Rank 25 from verse 8
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    11¶ In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

  26. Isaiah 2:5Rank 26 from verse 8
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    5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

  27. Isaiah 49:9Rank 27 from verse 8
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    9That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

  28. Jeremiah 50:11Rank 28 from verse 8
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    11Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;

  29. Luke 1:78–79Rank 29 from verse 8
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    78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

    79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

  30. Matthew 4:16Rank 30 from verse 8
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    16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

  31. Psalms 37:21Rank 31 from verse 8
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    21The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

  32. Psalms 37:24Rank 32 from verse 8
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    24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

  33. Revelation 11:10–12Rank 33 from verse 8
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    10And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

    11And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

    12And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

  34. Isaiah 50:10Rank 34 from verse 8
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    10¶ Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

  35. Isaiah 60:19–20Rank 35 from verse 8
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    19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

    20Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

  36. Psalms 35:15–16Rank 36 from verse 8
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    15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

    16With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

  37. Lamentations 4:21–22Rank 37 from verse 8
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    21¶ Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

    22¶ The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.

  38. Revelation 21:23Rank 38 from verse 8
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    23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Micah 7:7

COMBINED MEANING

look

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Sense 1: To direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed. Sense 2: An appearance, countenance, expression, or aspect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

wait

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Sense 1: To remain in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: To attend or serve. Sense 3: As a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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DEFINED WORDS

Micah 7:8

COMBINED MEANING

rejoice

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1. To be glad, take joy, delight, or exult; to express gladness. 2. To make glad or cause to rejoice.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

fall

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Sense 1: To descend, drop, or lose an upright position. Sense 2: To be slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or brought down. Sense 3: To come upon or attack. Sense 4: To pass into a specified place, condition, power, or course, or to depart from a former standing. Sense 5: To happen, turn out, or be allotted. Sense 6: As a noun, descent, overthrow, ruin, or loss of standing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

arise

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1. To rise, stand, get up, or move upward from a lower, lying, seated, fallen, or inactive position. 2. To begin, emerge, appear, come into being, or come forward. 3. To take action, intervene, or undertake the stated work. 4. To rise from death; to return to life.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

darkness

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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

light

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Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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7:5¶ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

7:6For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

7:7Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

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7:8¶ Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.

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7:9I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

7:10Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

7:11In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.

7:12In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

7:13Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

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